30 years ago Norwich NY had 9 fortune 500 corp headquarters

May 20 (edited)

30 years ago Norwich NY had 9 fortune 500 corp headquarters located within a relatively small city. Within a short 3 year period most of them moved out of state which was devastating . The creation of the Northeast Classic Car Museum was an effort by the city and the Staley family to create a tourist destination. This is a fantastic museum and well worth a visit by any car lover. There are 180 or so cars spread through a beautiful facility right in the heart of the town. We spent a couple of hours there yesterday including lunch and a talk by the Robert Jeffery the executive director who explained the history.

https://classiccarmuseum.org/

May 20, 2026

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· May 20

I have a separate topic on the Playboy which I have always found to be a cool thing. There are 3 of them here along with one of the original body bucks.

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· May 20

If you saw pictures of this on the internet you would assume it was AI. It was crazy. I can't imagine you could safely ride it.

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· May 20

@alsancle What the? I can’t imagine what could possibly go wrong with that idea.

· May 20

@Hupp31 Travis, I would have thought it was a joke but it looked legit. There was no placard or I would have taken a photo.

· May 20

@alsancle No way!

· May 20

@alsancle Clearly designed by someone with no concept of physics. It looks like something that should be lashed to the back of an either a camel or a circus elephant.

· May 20

@alsancle Death trap.

· May 20

All of us smart prewar guys know the 745 Packard is the one to have because of the extra long hood. This was one of my favorite cars in the museum. I would just toss the whitewalls.

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· May 20

If you want a condensing Stanley Steamer this is the one to have. The 750 was the ultimate evolution of the condensing cars. The SVC that followed it had some issues. I like closed cars and this was very nice although the colors were on the blinding side.

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· May 20

I have no idea what this is and there was no placard but it was crazy cool.

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· May 20

There are a tremendou number of Franklin's in the museum. I did not take a picture of the placard but I believe this was a 32. Besides the two V12 cars this was my favorite.

· May 20

Here are the two 12 Cylinder cars. @mattgoist is busy traveling the world but next time he checks in maybe he can comment. These are huge cars that you can't judge until you are standing next to them.

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· May 20

All Duesenbergs are cool, but I especiallly liked this Holbrook bodied towncar because most of the Holbrook bodies were cut up for fancier styles.

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· May 20

A very nice version of the 1934 Buick that @Edinmass owns.

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· May 20

On my list of cars I want but will never own is the 33 CL Chrysler. 33 has the full length hood and this is the special arm chair version of the convertible sedan. My only gripe is the tires are 17-750 and they need to be 17-700.

· May 20

1936 Packard V12. You can distinguish the 35 from the 36 by the slanted grill.

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· May 20

I liked this Franklin but didn't get a shot of the Placard. I think it was a 31.

· May 20

Nice V16 Marmon.

· May 20

Did you go in the musclecar room? They have some really nice cars including a Fitch Corvair which is not something you see on a street corner.